Educate 9000 Children through Sport in Africa

Summary

Six national country programs in Africa educate 9000 disadvantaged children, particularly girls, in health, social and soccer skills through fun recreational community based activities.

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	$70 - Fund one child year round weekly participation, including healthy snack at each session
	$3,000 - Training workshop to certify 75 volunteer as instructors
	$10,000 - Funds to new country program for one year for at least 100 children
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

PLAY SOCCER: Cameroon, Ghana, Malawi, Senegal, South Africa, Zambia engages young children, particularly girls, ages 5-14 to maximize early childhood learning and life time benefits, trains local youth as volunteer instructors, reaches large population segments weekly, year round, and provides a grassroot catalyst for broad long term sustainable socio-economic development.

Activities

Weekly sessions integrate health, social and soccer activities into a holistic curriculum. Local youth train as instructors to develop knowledge, leadership and competency-- international cultural exchange through country program networks.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $50
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $49,950
Total Funding Goal: $50,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Will serve 25,000 children year round by 2010, educating children and youth in life skills and soccer, encouraging mass participation in sport, building community development up from micro grassroots level with local resources and social enterprise

Project Message

It is fun and it makes a difference in my life
- 10 year old girl in Zambia, Participant in Program

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Judy McPherson,
CEO/Founder
PO Box 106
Princeton, NJ 08542-0106
United States
6096834941
Email:

Project Sponsor

GlobalGiving

Organization

PLAY SOCCER , a nonprofit corporation
PO Box 106
Princeton, NJ 08542-0106
United States
609 683-4941

Learn more about PLAY SOCCER , a nonprofit corporation and the project team.

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Cameroon and can also be found under Health.

For more information about Cameroon, read the Human Development Report on Cameroon or the Wikipedia entry for Cameroon.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on June 26, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on June 17, 2008.

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